The Lagos Leather Fair (LLF), Africa’s premier leather platform has officially kicked off the media countdown to its highly anticipated 9th edition with a press conference hosted recently at the Ananse Center for Design.

Operating under the powerful theme, “Beyond The Hide: Scaling Value, Building Industry. Driving Growth,’ the conference gathered top-tier journalists, media stakeholders, and industry

champions to unveil the blueprint for the main fair.

The event is scheduled to run from June 27th to 28th, 2026, at the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC) in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The press briefing mapped out the strategic evolution of the fair from its origins in 2017 to its current status as West Africa’s primary vehicle for economic advancement in local manufacturing.